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Originally Posted by JS
Use a tq wrench,it loads the wheel correctly...
60 pass/70 pass/80 pass DONE
60 pass/70 pass/80 pass DONE
me and everyone i race with has never used a tq wrench to put any wheels, drag or otherwise on our cars. i'd start using mine if i had a good reason, car to share some info??
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Originally Posted by SilverGhost
guess i've never heard really what, if any, bad things can happen by not using a TQ wrench?
me and everyone i race with has never used a tq wrench to put any wheels, drag or otherwise on our cars. i'd start using mine if i had a good reason, car to share some info??
me and everyone i race with has never used a tq wrench to put any wheels, drag or otherwise on our cars. i'd start using mine if i had a good reason, car to share some info??
I've seen guys using spacers that overtorqued and cut the studs on sticky tracks after a few passes. It looks funny on the video but not much fun in the hot seat when you loose a rear while on the launch.
Is that 100lbs on just the firebird or both cars bickelfirebird?
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100 lbs on the Firebird's rear Weld wheels and the lugs have spacers. The amount of torque for any given car's lugs/wheels is determined much the same way the torque for, say, main cap studs would be determiend, e.g., by the material and diameter of the stud. Our Firebird has 5/8" studs which require 100-110 lbs torque versus the smaller 7/16" stock F-body studs, which require 75 to 85 lbs.
Last edited by bickelfirebird; Jan 23, 2005 at 03:08 PM.
I make a 3 pass tq sequence up to 80lbs with my spacers and have NEVER had one problem,Knock wood....I run 1/2 studs all around but this winter I'm going to grind the calipers alittle more and do away with the spacers....
Last edited by JS; Jan 25, 2005 at 10:15 AM.
